Childhood Cancer

September 3, 2011 by ontheoldpath

Round 2 I promise every post this month won’t be about cancer. We are getting excited tomorrow is Joel’s Victory party. It is late at night and I still have tidying to do before the big day. Please please please, pray, they are calling for a 60% chance of thunder showers tomorrow afternoon and [...]

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September 2, 2011 by ontheoldpath

I wanted to take some time and share something I have become rather passionate about. Childhood Cancer My stats are a little old but I believe there are about 10,000 children living with cancer in Canada today. That ‘s too many! Each year, about 850 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed in Canada, and [...]

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Results…

July 7, 2011 by ontheoldpath

PPPHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That is the sound of me exhaling. We finally received Joel’s MRI results. Here it is in the radiologists own words; “The previous tiny focus of enhancement at the anterior aspect of the fourth ventricle is no longer seen.” Yeah!! What ever it was it isn’t there anymore!! Praise God!! He goes on to [...]

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Home again…& some pictures

March 2, 2011 by ontheoldpath

Ahh, we are home. It always feels so great to be back at home. There is nothing like climbing in to your own bed!! I had wanted to write a post when we were at the hospital but by the time I got back to my room with Samuel he was just beginning his fussy [...]

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Checking in….

January 26, 2011 by ontheoldpath

Hi everyone, It has been really busy around here. I will be updating later in the week. For now I just wanted to say Joel and I are headed in to the hospital tomorrow morning for his chemo. Not sure why but the last few hospital stays I have not been able to access my [...]

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Last minute shuffle…

January 22, 2011 by ontheoldpath

Next week was supposed to look like this; Monday – Up to the hospital for admit for Chemo. Tuesday – Still at the hospital possible going home late Tuesday depends on hydration levels Wednesday – Elijah orthodontist, Come home from hospital if we didn’t get out on Tuesday. Thursday - Doctors appoint for me & baby. Friday [...]

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Hospital stay

December 18, 2010 by ontheoldpath

Sorry, it has been so long since I updated so many things to write about and so little time. Joel and I spent Tuesday to Thursday at the hospital for a scheduled chemo. We always bring the whole family up to drop Joel and I off for a hospital stay. We are a one car [...]

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Candlelighters Holiday Greeting

December 12, 2010 by ontheoldpath

Candlelighters Holiday Greeting Thought I would share this video Joel is in it twice! I don’t know how to add the video directly to my blog so click on the above greeting.

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Joel

August 5, 2010 by ontheoldpath

Hi Just a quick post we are off to the hospital Joel has a fever. His Neutro-polys dropped this week they went from 1.43 to 0.6. He had his blood work on Tuesday so they will do another to make sure his Neutro-polys have not dropped any further. They will also do two blood cultures [...]